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What Is Data Minimisation? Definition & Examples

IT Governance

Data minimisation is a key part of information security and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in particular. Meeting the requirements The GDPR doesn’t provide specific guidance on the sorts of practices that meet the threshold of adequacy, relevance and necessity. What is data minimisation?

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GDPR compliance checklist

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Any company operating in the EU or handling EU residents’ data must adhere to GDPR requirements. However, GDPR compliance is not necessarily a straightforward matter.

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes. Many businesses find it hard to implement GDPR requirements because the law is not only complex but also leaves a lot up to discretion.

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How to write a GDPR privacy notice – with documentation template example

IT Governance

This blog was originally published before the GDPR took effect in May 2018. An integral part of EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance is producing appropriate documentation. When should you provide a GDPR privacy notice? How do you write a GDPR privacy policy? GDPR privacy notice. Free of charge.

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How to write a GDPR privacy notice – with documentation template example

IT Governance

An integral part of your EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance project is producing appropriate documentation, which includes a privacy notice. If you are just beginning your GDPR project, it is unlikely that you will be fully compliant by the time the Regulation is enforced on 25 May 2018.

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GDPR Article 17: What Is the Right to Erasure?

IT Governance

Article 17 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) plays a distinctive yet essential role in data protection law. Failure to fulfil this requirement is considered a serious breach and could be penalised under the GDPR’s upper tier of fines of €20 million (£17.5 Learn more The post GDPR Article 17: What Is the Right to Erasure?

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EDPB Publishes Guidelines on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification

Hunton Privacy

On January 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released draft Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification (the “Guidelines”). The new draft Guidelines take into account supervisory authorities’ common experiences with data breaches since the GDPR became applicable in May 2018.